The Objectives of Medical Progress

11/14/2016

stagnant pools, is it possible to determine the direction of the main trend? There is a confusion …, but the multiplicity of conflicting directions bewilders the wandering patient seeking a haven of relief from his ills …, but the mechanized civilization of to-day is destroying its thousands and maiming its hundreds of thousands by direct …

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The Passing of Surgical Yeomen (PDF)

11/14/2016

sciences directed toward certain goals, defined by the point of view from which each approaches its … be produced; similarly public health directs its efforts toward anything that concerns the welfare of our … laws. But a start in this direction has certainly been made. If local health officials can be made …

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Some Remarks on Therapy for Anemia

11/14/2016

direct test involving incubation of the donor's cells in the recipient's serum for half an hour … examination. Even when one is dealing with an incurable ailment, therapy effectively directed at an associated …

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The Passing of Surgical Yeomen

11/14/2016

in the same direction, it was most enlightening to have figures come forth which seem to prove that in one …

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New England, Neurosurgery and the Neurosurgeon (PDF)

11/14/2016

Boylston, about 1720, read or heard of direct inoculation with smallpox material. He must have been … by the general surgeons at the in- stigation of and under the direction of the neurolo- gists. However, even …

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Safe Management of Fractures

11/14/2016

infection. Nonunion may result from distraction, easily accomplished by direct traction on bone. Treatment …

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The Practitioner's Need of an Intelligent Skepticism (PDF)

11/14/2016

profession can exert direct control and cure. To understand what Bigelow meant by self- limited diseases … is being tried usually exerts a very direct effect on the mind of the patient, and improvement may result … as to say that the entire antituberculosis campaign has been unproductive of any direct result …

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The Objectives of Medical Progress (PDF)

11/14/2016

, countercurrents, shoals, rapids, and occasional stagnant pools, is it pos- sible to determine the direction … to be sure are not lacking along the way, but the multiplicity of conflicting directions bewilders …, but the mechanized civilization of to-day is destroying its thousands and maiming its hundreds of thousands by direct …

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The Physical Examination of Apparently Healthy Individuals: Its Importance, Limitations and Opportunities

11/11/2016

its battle against mortality and morbidity, is, in addition, directing its attention towards … of physical examination, and particularly of repeated physical examinations, that directions for changes … important general directions. It is unsafe, however, to give individuals, either singly or as a group, any …

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The Relations of the Massachusetts Medical Society to the Public

11/11/2016

. Clinical knowledge and experience, the ability to inspire and direct students, even the ability to teach …, safer and more prompt than can be obtained by conservative means. Fortunately the direct responsibility … and for the most part abortive attempts to combine spiritual and medical healing have been the direct result …

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